Times of San Diego - Dr. Daniel E. Walker

‘One of the great dance pioneers’: Legacy of SDSU professor honored

All it took was 15 years, searching through hundreds of archives, and crisscrossing the country over and over again — but one historian was able to piece together the story of one of San Diego State University’s most remarkable and influential artists.

His subject was a professor, but not just any professor: It was Dr. Danny Lyon Scarborough, the legendary Africana Studies figure who created SDSU’s Black Repertory Total Theatrical Experience and choreographed their shows for a decade.

“He was truly one of the great dance pioneers,” said Dr. Daniel E. Walker, a public historian, SDSU graduate, and former student of Scarborough’s, whose research led him to create 2012’s “When Roosters Crow,” a 10-minute mini-documentary about Scarborough and his work

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